I’ve been reading a lot of historical fiction lately, for a variety of reasons, and skipping about various continents and time periods. I do love me some historical fiction, when it’s well executed, and the best kind makes me so interested in the characters and period I encounter that I go out and find actual […]
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Belittling Readers and Judging Books By Their Covers
I recently finished reading Johannes Cabal, the Necromancer, because, well, I judged a book by its cover. The cover art looked appealing, and the storyline intrigued me, and I got sucked in. The basic plotline of the book revolves around a necromancer who has lost his soul, and strikes a bargain with the Devil to […]
I Critique Because I Care
I would like to take a moment to make an important distinction and point. Which is: I critique because I care. I mean to say that I don’t bother critiquing television shows I hate (except for Glee) or which bore me. If I am writing about a television show, it is because I like it […]
Why I’m Not Writing About Dollhouse
Gee willickers, four whole Dollhouse episodes have aired and I haven’t reviewed them! Why could this possibly be? Maybe I’m busy and I haven’t watched them yet. Perhaps I’m working on another mammoth post. Maybe I’m still processing them. Nope. I’m not writing about Dollhouse because it’s boring me. I wasn’t really enamoured with the […]
Breaking the Mold
Note: This post discusses, in detail, Evernight (2008), Mr. Darcy, Vampyre (2009), Sunshine (2003) and Companions of the Night (1995). If you have not read these books and are planning to, you should probably not read this post, since it contains key plot information and spoilers. In my quest to attempt to understand the new […]
The Vamps, They Are A-Changin’
I’ve been watching The Vampire Diaries. I’m not going to pussyfoot around it. My interest is purely academic; sometimes I have to force myself to sit down and watch it. Because I’m interested in the contrast between the two different vampire dramas on television right now, and I’m interested in the evolution of the TV […]
Dollhouse: Belonging
I edited this post to add an important point which I somehow managed to leave out this morning! Sorry. Jump to it if you’d like! Otherwise known as the “Look, everyone suddenly has morals!” Edition. So, a lot of people are raving about this episode, saying it’s the most amazing one this season, etc etc, […]
Bloody Conclusions
Read a Czech translation of this post, done by Vera! So, I have been reading a lot of young adult vampire fiction lately. And I do mean a lot. I felt like if I was going to talk about it, I needed to read a lot to do it justice; I’m not going to opine […]
Dollhouse: Instincts
I initially was not going to write about this episode, because, quite frankly, it kind of bored me. I thought, honestly, that it was bad, and I was really disappointed in Joss Whedon when I finished. Usually I am riveted to the screen when I watch Dollhouse, and I stay very focused on what is […]
Dollhouse: Vows
I’m going to go ahead and quote the im I sent to Tristan when I finished this episode: “ok, that was tight.” And it was. Dollhouse is back, baby, and it’s back with the good bits and not the bad ones, from the new opening titles (nice) to some pretty clever storytelling and staging. I […]